Loving Life in Idaho

Cancun Trip, October, 2009 With Arbonne International Earned this awesome trip! Pyramids at Chichen Itza Gorgeous day with awesome friends! I have never felt humidity like this, though!!! It was crazy! To walk outside and be as wet as if I just got out of the shower! Why blow dry my hair? I did give up by the last day! The last day of the trip, I totally enjoyed the hammock and being utterly indulgent. Why does it take 4 days before you really start to relax??? That is just NOT right! :-) I am so grateful to work with such an awesome company as Arbonne! I love the concept of having healthy products, an environmentally friendly company and the most amazing women you can imagine. One thing that has hit me really hard this past 2 months of personal growth and coaching etc is that the greatest blessings my Arbonne business has brought me are 1. the friendships with incredible women and 2. Learning my own value and self worth. Why have I always doubted me? I am learning that I have a lot of...

Arbonne International Donates More Than $4.7 Million Dollars in Product to Operation Gratitude Irvine, California, October 2009 - Arbonne International announced today that it has made a charitable donation of approximately 1.5 million personal care products...with a retail value of nearly $4.75 million dollars...to Operation Gratitude, a non-profit organization that sends care packages to the U.S. military. This donation is the largest Operation Gratitude has received from a corporate sponsor to date and follows a $642,000 donation Arbonne made to the organization in May. Arbonne, headquartered in Irvine, California, formulates botanically based, scientifically advanced beauty, health and wellness products, distributed through an international network of Independent Consultants. "We're honored to donate Arbonne skin care products to Operation Gratitude to improve the lives of the brave men and women who are serving in the military overseas," said Rita Davenport, Arbonne ...

Back to School, 2009 Monday, August 31st, the kids go back to school. It is the first day that all of my children will be in school all day! There are now only Sanchez's in the elementary school, the Cagliero kids are all in middle and high school now. Wow, that revelation hit me hard! It is now, Tuesday, our second morning back to school. I have dealt with piles of back to school papers and forms, we are getting lunches made the night before and considering that there are 5 kids to get ready every morning, it is going remarkable well, very smooth and easy. Of course, they are good kids and most things tend to go easily and smoothly with them. So, what did I do yesterday? Well, I finished my "to-do" list for the first time in months :-) I got an incredible amount done, never turned on the TV and didn't even listen to music...much...I enjoyed the silence. I am very busy with my Arbonne business and that has been my main focus, especially since I had a booth at the job ...

I have been thinking a lot lately about all the great information I share at my classes with people. Everyone always says they will never remember it all :-) So, I have decided to share a couple of tips regularly with you :-) #1 Wash your face before bed...every night! I don't care how tired you are! Why? During the night, our pores open up and all the debris that is left on your face from the daytime will get deeply embedded into your pores, causing premature aging and possibly acne. Your skin does it's best recovery work at night, so using an excellent night creme will really improve your skin. #2 What you put on your skin is absorbed into all your major organs, like your liver and kidneys, within 2 minutes. Ingredients are so important! Arbonne products are formulated to be pure, safe and beneficial for the last 29 years and they yield very quick results! They are formulated in Switzerland and tested in independent labs around the world. I feel passionate about sharing produ...

Hello again! I just wanted to say thank you to all my fabulous friends, business partners and clients who so actively helped me earn my trip to Cancun this year! You are all incredible and awesome! I have been in Arbonne almost 3 years and one thing I will pass on to any of you with goals and dreams, WRITE THEM DOWN! Be intentional! This is the first year I paid the $30 registration fee last December and every month set about doing what I needed to do to stay on track to earn this trip! You can achieve what you set your mind to! Of course, you must follow through with lots of activity and personal growth reading and time. Our minds are incredibly powerful, though, never ever doubt that! Our summer is going well. Goodness, the kids will be back to school at the end of the month. Oh, and Victor and I have our 10th anniversary coming up this month! Wow! 10 years flew by! I hope you are all well. Blessings and love to you :-)

Nicole on July 15th, 2009 My Arbonne plug ;-) We are all going to wear make up (if we are women, of course! :-)) Wouldn't you like to wear healthy products that won't harm you? Your skin absorbs all that you put on it in about 2 minutes. Make up in the U.S. is very toxic for the most part, that is why my hubby recommends that women DON'T wear it...until we found Arbonne, of course! Our colors stay on, are true, are full of anti-oxidants, anti-aging ingredients, NO ANIMAL PRODUCTS! you don't want to know what is in the nasty stuff you buy from the grocery store. In July, if you have $150 Retail order, Arbonne is paying your $29 membership for the whole year! You get a 20% discount for a year, a free product of your choice and you can join in on specials that I offer, too :-) I can customize your colors for you and teach you about proper application. Nicole's colors in this photo: Line Defiance Liquid Foundation in 6N, Bronzer (one of my faves!), Glow blush, eyeshadow...

This week we are having a busy and very "summery" week, filled with activities with the family. My dad's dad, my grandpa Charles is visiting from Durango, Colorado. Also, my best friend's daughter, Shannon, is visiting from Missouri. This is the week that we are going to the lake lots, going to the water park and we will get away to McCall this weekend, a very dear friend is letting us use their house their. We are excited about the getaway :-) It truly feels like summer now! Of course, there is no internet in McCall and very little cell phone service and so I am telling the kids to take books and games etc. It will be nice to focus on the family this weekend.